Affleck Was The Bomb In Phantoms.

You Don't Know What The Pattern Of Flour And Chicken Is Going To Be, But You Know You're Going To Get Some Good Fried Chicken.

My Professional Success Is Really Important To Me, And My Career Is Really Important To Me. It's The Most Important Thing To Me Outside Of My Family. I Take It Very Seriously And Work Really, Really Hard At It. Family Comes First, But This Is Something That's Really Important To Me Too.

To Answer The Question, Though: I Didn't Always Want To Direct. I Just Liked The Idea Of It. If A Friend Was Making A Short And Needed Someone Who Knew Screen Direction, I Would Jump In. It Would Be Horrible, But It Led To A Short, Then Another, And Another. It Was Like Student Films.

People Ascribe A Certain Kind Of Silliness To The Movie Business. Everybody Feels Like, "in The Movies, They Do Crazy Stuff."

I Never Know What My Next Move Will Be In Hollywood. It's Such An Unpredictable Town. People Get Jaded And Lost And I've Been Able To Stay A Float. I Think The Next Logical Step In My Career Would Be To Start My Own Filmmaking Empire Like (harvey Weinstein) And (bob Weinstein) Did So Many Years Ago. I Think If Only The Unions Weren't So Strict In Boston, I'd Set Up Shop There And Make Films Of A Certain Quality You Don't See Represented These Days. I'm Full Of Ideas And Dreams.